Bittles‘ Magazine | Interview: Crossing Wires With Timo Maas Fans of deep, psychedelic house with a touch of melody are in for a bit of a treat this month in the form of ›Crossing Wires 2‹, the rather fab new mix album from none other than Timo Maas. Containing fourteen new and exclusive tracks from some of the finest purveyors of quality house music this side of the sun, it is fair to say that this is one mix that will have any fan of funky electronica feeling rather weak at the knees. By JOHN BITTLES (Foto: Lukas Piotrowksi)
Musik | Bittles‘ Magazine There is a strong electronic element to this month’s album review round-up. I make no apologies for this considering there are such fine releases as ›Reality Testing‹ by Lone, ›Vaudeville‹ by Inigo Kennedy and ›Code‹ by Answer Code Request in amongst an absolute bumper crop of fantastic groove-based releases. So without further ado, let’s begin. By JOHN BITTLES
Bittles‘ Magazine That Coldplay lot are a pretty divisive bunch. Beloved by casual music fans everywhere, yet despised with a passion by hordes of ‘real music’ connoisseurs who find it difficult to forgive their ‘blandness’, or their success. Personally I have never minded Coldplay, or Chris Martin’s emphatic croon. By JOHN BITTLES
Bittles‘ Magazine When not urging me to kill, torture and maim, the little voices in my head have repeatedly wondered why there is no reviews section for singles and EPs in my segment of the esteemed Titel Mag. My standard reply is that it would be far too much work since I’m a bit of a lazy git and all! But, that attitude softened somewhat over the last couple of months due to a couple of reasons. First up I heard Acid Test 09 by Donato Dozzy and Tin Man and instantly fell in love. Next I noticed that my
Music | Craig Greenberg: The Grand Loss & Legacy Tomorrow, New York based musician Craig Greenberg releases his first full length album ›The Grand Loss & Legacy‹. MARTIN SPIESS listened to it.
Musik | Toms Plattencheck Neuester Output der REV.Lab.series ist eine Zusammenarbeit des experimentierfreudigen Noise-forschers Deison mit Andrea Gastaldello aka Mingle. Deison, der schon auf diverse, namhafte Kollaborations-Partner verweisen kann (u.a.Thursten Moore, KK Null oder Teho Teardo) erscheint in seiner neusten Ausgabe deutlich variabler und dynamischer als zuletzt. Von TOM ASAM
Thema | Popmusik und Nationenwerdung: Ukrainische Teilnehmer beim Eurovision Song Contest Vor zehn Jahren hat Ruslana den Eurovision Song Contest gewonnen. Seither sind viele ukrainische Teilnehmer auf den vorderen Plätzen gelandet, doch nicht noch einmal auf Platz 1. Im Mai 2014 ist es wieder so weit. In diesem politisch für die Ukraine so brisanten Jahr ist Marija Jaremtschuk die ukrainische Repräsentantin beim Eurovision Song Contest. Warum war ausgerechnet Ruslana so erfolgreich? Wer ist Marija Jaremtschuk? Wie viel Ukraine repräsentieren Ruslana und Marija Jaremtschuk? Von JUTTA LINDEKUGEL
Bittles‘ Magazine As many of you are probably aware, Frankie Knuckles, the famous DJ and producer, passed away at his home in Chicago on the 31st of March 2014 from type II Diabetes-related complications. One of the originators of the house sound Frankie was much loved by everyone who had had the pleasure of meeting him, heard his music, or experienced the aural delight of one of his legendary DJ sets. By JOHN BITTLES
Musik | Toms Plattencheck La Freiheit des Geistes von Die Partei ist nicht der Soundtrack zur Europawahl der Partei um Martin Sonneborn und ›Titanic‹, sondern (das nun wiederveröffentlichte) Ergebnis des Zusammentreffens von Tom Dokoupil (The Wirtschaftswunder) und des Musikers, Künstlers und Beuys-Schülers Walter Dahn. TOM ASAM erläutert die Unterschiede!
Bittles‘ Magazine Remixes tend to be much maligned little beasts that are treated by some naysayer with a huge dollop of scorn. For a while it was a discipline that was completely overdone, with seemingly every single release containing about twenty re-rubs of just one song. The fact that at least 90% of these would sound exactly the same meant that most people’s brain cells would have gladly committed suicide before even coming close to the final version. It was overdone incidents like this which succeeded in giving the art of the remix a very bad name. By JOHN BITTLES